secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vitesse Energy, Inc. (VTS)
CIK:        0001944558
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001944558-26-000015
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vitesse Energy CEO Robert Gerrity resigns; Jamie Benard named new CEO effective May 1
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- Founder CEO Robert Gerrity resigns immediately; receives $2.4M lump sum severance, forfeits unvested equity.
- Lead Independent Director Daniel O'Leary elected Chairman of the Board.
- Jamie Benard, ex-President of SOGC, appointed President & CEO effective May 1, 2026; base salary $600K, target bonus 100%.
- President Brian Cree serves as Interim CEO until May 1, then Senior Advisor through Dec 31; receives $440K base prorated and accelerated vesting of 72,218 shares total.
- CFO James Henderson remains in role; no disagreements cited in departures.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944558/000194455826000015/0001944558-26-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944558/000194455826000015/vitesse-20260326.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944558-26-000015

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